Manchester Triage in Sweden - Interrater reliability and accuracy

International Emergency Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 143-148

  Olofsson, Pia ^a   Gellerstedt, Martin ^b   Carlström, Eric D ^b  

^a Nu sjukvården ^*  (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY WEST   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Emergency care; Reliability; Sweden; Triage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLOR; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN; TIME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLOR; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MODELS, NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE;

EID: 67649586573     PISSN: 1755599X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ienj.2008.11.008     Document Type: Article

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